Significant Investor Visa

With so much going on in the world, lifestyle destinations such as Australia and New Zealand are benefiting from investor migration. Whilst in both countries the majority have been from China, enquiries are increasing from other Asians countries as well as UK, US and South Africa.

The NSW Department of Industry earlier this year held the second roadshow to in China and Malaysia promoting the business, investment and lifestyle benefits offered by NSW. The next leg is to Vietnam in June, before completing the roadshow in Hong Kong.

The objective is to increase awareness of the state’s welcoming business environment to Asian key migration industry stakeholders and business, entrepreneur and investor migrants, and present on the NSW business and investor migration program including the Significant Investor Visa (SIV).

The NSW Australia Vietnam Business Council (AVBC) and Vietnam Sydney Business Association (VSBA) are running a conference and trade expo focused on business matching, bilateral trade and investment opportunities and will include a presentation by the NSW government.

Conference on Australia-Vietnam Investment & Trade Expo

The conference, expo and a range of private events will be held from Friday evening in Ho Chi Minh until Monday in Hanoi. There are currently around 30 Australian businesses exhibiting including migration, financial services, real estate, education, agriculture and other products and services.

There are still expo booths available. and information on the sponsorship packages can be downloaded at: AVBC Roadshow.

Media Partner is AV Media providing promotion ahead of and throughout the event.

Companies of various industries from fields of investment, real estate, education, farming, technology, etc., coming from Australia and Vietnam, will have stands, to show their products/services (marketing materials, business cards available to exchange)

Vietnam: Projects calling for foreign investment from both cities HoChiMinh and Hanoi are presented on stands.

Australia: Investment opportunities in NSW are available – products, technology, know-how and service are shown to the visitors.

Sponsorship Packages

Silver to Diamond range from $18,000 to $40,000 depending on size & location of prominent expo booth, including speaking spot at VIP dinner, translator, marketing and media and AVBC membership

Standard and premium are $3,000 and $8,500 for expo stand and some marketing and media. Both packages include accommodation.

For more information about the Vietnam trade delegation and expo and participation as a Delegate or Sponsor contact us here.

Stacey Martin is the founder of Expat Advisors Community, a network for professionals with internationally connected clients. With a background in financial services, today Stacey consults in investor migration managing relationships between Asia, in particular, China, Vietnam and India and Australia and New Zealand. For more information contact Stacey here.

Whilst there was concern that the rate of applications was slowing down with the changes in the complying investment regime from 1 July 2015, there is still strong interest in Australia’s Significant Investor Visa (SIV) Business and Innovation Visa program.

In the first year, as migration agents and potential applicants got used to the new investment regime, there were only 24 visas granted. However in the eight months to 28 February 2017 there have been a further 112 visas approved taking the total number of SIV2’s to 136.

This means there will be $68M invested during the 12 months following into venture capital and growth private equity in Australia, plus $204M into Australian small company shares and $408M in managed funds investing in corporate bonds, commercial property and shares.

According to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, the total number of SIV’s granted since the commencement of the program on 24 November 2012 is currently 1,746. Two-thirds of the SIV2 applicants have accepted nominations to live in Victoria, a few to WA and the rest to NSW.

We are now starting to see those early applicants hit the 4-year minimum term and converting their temporary visa to permanent residency. Applicants will start to move themselves and their families to Australia and be looking out for additional investment opportunities in businesses, agriculture, education and other services to leverage their networks in China.

For Australian advisory and services professionals with cross-jurisdictional expertise, there will be ongoing opportunities to serve these wealthy migrants.

Those interested in working with HNW Chinese and their families can’t afford to miss the upcoming BasisPoint event on SIV – Chinese investment and integration in Sydney on Wednesday 3rd May – details here.

Stacey Martin is an SIV Consultant and Founder of the Expat Advisors Community professional network. With an extensive career in financial services and private wealth management, Stacey assists SIV applicants to navigate the process with the right service from the right professional at the right time. She is the author of “Smooth Road to Travel – China to Australia” which can be downloaded here.

Chinese integration and investment in Australia is the focus of the next BasisPoint Significant Investor Visa (SIV) event. It provides a leadership platform for the Chinese-Australian sector to discuss Chinese investments and integration in Australia.